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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Rastus on July 11, 2009, 07:44:05 PM
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OK. How often do you normally clean your guns? Not when breaking in, but after.
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May not be the same day after a range trip, but within 48 hours, the "girls" don't like being dirty too long,... ::)
OK, the M+P is a dirty girl, and can take it..... ;)
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I like dirty guns. The dirtier the better. It means they've really been loved. I do keep my Rem 700 VSSF .308 clean though. I clean it at the range when I'm done shooting, then fire 1 or 2 rounds to make sure zero hasn't changed. I clean my 1911's when they start to slow down. Take a screwdriver, knock out the chunks, add some oil and we're good to go. All the gunk helps keep the gun from drying out. ;)
The only time I will completely disassemble and clean a gun is if I'm doing something to it and don't have any other choice. ;D
Lube is where it's at. 8)
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I clean mine 6 months after a range trip. I HATE cleaning guns.
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I clean mine 6 months after a range trip. I HATE cleaning guns.
Jumbofrank, buddy...how've you been? I've been missin' you on here.
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I'm doing okay. Sort of. Better than I was last month. I'm ready to do some shooting soon. I keep forgetting my Dunk-Kit from C&S. Just throw a dirty gun in thr bucket and let it soak overnight. Then brush off with a tooth brush and wipe it dry. That's all. I haven't given it a good workout yet but it seems to work as advertised. http://www.cylinder-slide.com/dunkkitart.shtml
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clean after shootin' and wipe her down and lube about every two weeks - ish. I live less than a hundred yards from the ocean and it's very humid and salty.
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Clean after range trips and the one's that don't get shot.. once a year after fondling. House gun get's lubed every month when mags are switched out.
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when I remember to
been about 6 months since there last clean
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Can I lie and say every time I shoot or should I admit my sinful sloth? :-[ I sure hope that they didn't mean that was REALLY a big sin. If so, my wife is goin' to heaven, but I got no chance. I clean them when they stop going bang (well, my .45 I keep clean- because if it doesn't go bang I might rush that trip to hell.)
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well, It depends on the gun. If it's one of my carry guns they get checked out, cleaned weekly, On the other hand I have some guns in my safe that I haven't shot in years, Those get taken out and checked every couple of months and cleaned and re oiled yearly.My CAS guns get cleaned after each shoot and detail stripped and cleaned at the end of the season
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My grandfather taught me to clean my guns after every shooting. I always have and always will. It may not always be the same day but it definitely will be no longer than the second day after shooting. This practice does keep me from taking more than 3 or 4 guns to the range on most occasions. If I'm taking friends, I may take a little larger assortment. Wipedowns occur after each fondling.
I love the smell of gun oil and powder solvent. Every pistol has a gun rug or case and all rifles have cases. Just the way my grandpa learned me. ;D
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Hard for me to define. I put 250 rounds because a typical club match is 100 - 150 rounds, and I'll clean every other time. I wipe down with silicone cloth when I put them away everytime, but cleaning is different.
In prep for a big match I'll clean, practice, clean, shoot twenty or so rounds and put away "dirty."
Small bore I clean after every match - 100 rounds or so. Hunting guns are cleaned after every day in the field. However, the "depth" of cleaning varies based on the climate and the amount of shooting. My Benelli got over oiled once and jammed from dust build up. I dumped a coffee thermos through it to flush it and keep it going. Even though it had only a few rounds that day, we had the owners manual out, and that thing was stripped as far as the book would tell plus a little.
Muzzle loader gets cleaned and oiled everytime it is used and even in between when it hasn't been shot. But, even with the modern powders it still has a nasty barrel.
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I like em to be pretty, but I hate cleaning. If an actual SHTF gun of our home has a big, nasty range day, she gets cleaned. Otherwise, there is no set rule. It might be after 250, 500 or 1,000 rounds, but probably a Bore Snake run through after the range. Sometimes, you just get bored, or want to spend some time with the guns and enjoy taking them apart.
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I clean after every trip to the range or hunt. I enjoy cleaning weapons, I'm also the sucker that cleans everybody's guns after a day dove hunting. :P I've gotten really good after a couple of years of cleaning them. The only gun I don't enjoy cleaning...Marlin 60.
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Binge cleaner here.
I'll get on a roll sometimes and clean a pile of them at one time, even if they don't really need it.
Handguns after every 50 to 100 rounds give or take.....depending on how dirty the ammo is.
Hunting rifles before and after season....unless they get wet.
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it depends on the gun, how many rounds and if I've had a malfunction.
guns are always wiped down after a range trip. rather I do more then that, it just depends.
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Binge cleaner here.
I'll get on a roll sometimes and clean a pile of them at one time, even if they don't really need it.
Handguns after every 50 to 100 rounds give or take.....depending on how dirty the ammo is.
Hunting rifles before and after season....unless they get wet.
Me too, except the hunting rifles. The 22's might go 100 rounds, the 17's I'd like to clean after every trip...usually a couple of weeks or later after.
For the non-scoped centerfires...I don't shoot them during season and will wipe them down and run a patch through them a couple of times during the season...for scoped guns...I always clean and lube when I bring them home. The scoped guns are for accuracy, or feigned accuracy in my case...anyway, I take it that first shot is going to be from a clean, cool, lightly oiled barrel. I'm concerned about followup shots and really want MOA less for 3 shot group strings....that's about all I think you'll get. But what I do to sight in is to shoot groups from a cool, lightly oiled barrel....it takes forever to confirm zero that way but I have found that my group size for that first shot doing so is way sub-MOA in some of my weapons. I've a SAKO in .270 that consistently shoots dime sized groups at 100 yards shooting cool barrel, clean barrel, lightly oiled barrel...but I digressed...
it depends on the gun, how many rounds and if I've had a malfunction.
guns are always wiped down after a range trip. rather I do more then that, it just depends.
I guess that is really where I am overall, like you TAB. Did I say that.........aaarrrrrgggghhhh!!!
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On the poll 9 people say that they clean after every time they shoot, but the comments make it sound like Texas-Bry and I are the only ones. Waaaas up? ;D
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On the poll 9 people say that they clean after every time they shoot, but the comments make it sound like Texas-Bry and I are the only ones. Waaaas up? ;D
Reality is perception, eh? ;D We have good intentions to clean after every time we shoot...but then........ 8)
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I clean after every trip to the range or hunt. I enjoy cleaning weapons, I'm also the sucker that cleans everybody's guns after a day dove hunting. :P I've gotten really good after a couple of years of cleaning them. The only gun I don't enjoy cleaning...Marlin 60.
Dang! I'm moving to Texas to be closer to my new gun cleaner, uh… range buddy!
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I clean after every trip to the range or hunt. I enjoy cleaning weapons, I'm also the sucker that cleans everybody's guns after a day dove hunting. :P I've gotten really good after a couple of years of cleaning them. The only gun I don't enjoy cleaning...Marlin 60.
Ever cleaned a Ruger Mark I, II or III? :(
Major PITA.
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Dang! I'm moving to Texas to be closer to my new gun cleaner, uh… range buddy!
I tell you what, you buy the ammo for the both of us, and I'll clean the guns. Damn, I'm a good friend. ;D
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Ever cleaned a Ruger Mark I, II or III? :(
Major PITA.
Ruger Mark I, II and III's are what boresnakes were made for.........
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I was packing to move back to Texas until the sad Marlin news... Probably find my wife's Winchester 190 would be just as bad, heh? They seem twins, though I must admit to cleaning like the barrel and (okay a little) the chamber and squirting oil in about all the cleaning I ever did on it- after finally piecing back together my Marlin and making new plastic pieces. (Didn't you have to do that three handed snaking the stupid oily spring back in a centimeter at a time.. about three times before getting it?) I figure if they get too bad to shoot I'd sooner buy a new plinker than face THAT circus. Maybe taking apart the Win wouldn't be the same nightmare, but I'd sooner buy a new Ruger rather than find out. If I hadn't been poor I'd have tossed the marlin way back then.
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Ever cleaned a Ruger Mark I, II or III? :(
Major PITA.
I never thought they were that bad. I have 2 Mark II's and my grandfather's old Mark I and the only pain is the takedown and re-assembly. I always have to refer to the manual to remember which way I need to tip the gun for the latch to catch. I keep some of those rubber coated paper clips in my cleaning kit, for the takedown notch on the back of the grip. They are seriously some of the most fun guns to shoot, so they're worth it.
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I at least wipe down my guns with a light coat of oil even if I just take them out of the safe to play with. Everytime I take them out in the field and even a single shot is fired I do a full detail strip and cleaning when I get home. It's not unusual for me to clean them at the range more than once.
At leaste MY MKIII has had powder & fouling inside the trigger mechanism after several shots... Boresnakes are GREAT!, but you still should strip the gun in my opinion. Also allows you to check for wear, or other issues (paronoia maybe).
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On the poll 9 people say that they clean after every time they shoot, but the comments make it sound like Texas-Bry and I are the only ones. Waaaas up? ;D
We're just a bunch of election judges here ;)
I am the proud owner of two Mark III's. Looking forward to the day I can strip, clean and reassemble without a printed page in front of me.
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...........At leaste MY MKIII has had powder & fouling inside the trigger mechanism after several shots... Boresnakes are GREAT!, but you still should strip the gun in my opinion. Also allows you to check for wear, or other issues (paronoia maybe).
I don't disagree with you at all. It's just that..........I am the proud owner of two a Mark III's. Looking forward to the day I can strip, clean and reassemble without a printed page in front of me.
You know what I mean?
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I voted "Every time" and we TRY to do that, but sometimes we can't. Like the last family range trip...took 11 handguns. It took about a week to get them all cleaned.
Most of my stuff is blued or other dark finish, and most are semi's so I'm a "faster" cleaner. Maggie likes the revolvers and has two stainless and a nickel finish and she likes them to look brand new all the time, so those ones take a while.
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I also voted "every time", although that's not quite true. I put 10 rounds through my SD pistol a couple of weeks ago, but didn't clean it. I also go through the safe about once every six months or so to clean and lube if they haven't been shot recently.
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Clean 'em same day they are fired as soon as I get home. Duty / CCW pistols gets Barricaded every two days, slides removed every week and lubed as needed. The exception is rainy days - then the duty pistol gets Barricaded that day.
The price in dollars for damage or possibly the loss of your life isn't worth neglecting a simple thing like a cleaning.
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My Daddy taught me to clean my gun before I put away! ;D
Fun Boating is SAFE BOATING.......Be safe out there!
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Ever cleaned a Ruger Mark I, II or III? :(
Major PITA.
Which is exactly why I don't have a MkIII any more. :)
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How can I vote on this??
If I'm hunting, I always wipe my guns down with my oil soaked cloth before I leave the field..,
But....I've never cleaned my guns. All my life my men have spoiled me rotten and cleaned my guns for me.
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And Marshal is no different. He takes care of my cowboy guns.. my rifles, my shotguns and my beloved pistols.
Maybe I should start learning how to clean my own..
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***Nahhhhh.... then I would have to do it..and I know how to do way too many things now so I will continue to play innocent and dumb and let him do it. I don't want to take the pleasure away from him you know.*** ::)
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I voted for everytime I go shoot, but I also try to clean ALL of my guns every three or four months just to make sure the humidity is not getting to them.
*CLP ;)
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OK, the M+P is a dirty girl, and can take it..... ;)
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Yeah, I'd hit that! 8)
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I clean my AK when it starts spewing on me, my handguns after 500 rds or so. I use breakfree CLP no oil or grease, so they stay running.
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I clean my guns after every trip they take out of the house. Might be a bit of OCD on my part but I completely disassemble every possible thing I can, except for parts that are roll-pinned in place, every time I clean them. I love messing with anything mechanical.
Only one I won't tear apart completely, anymore, is my model 94. Twice I have had every last screw, guide ramp, spring, etc. out of that thing laying on the cleaning mat. That's 1 more time then I should have but I got bored one night and figured what the heck, let's do it again. 3 hours later, it was back as one whole piece and I didn't even have left over parts. ;D
My additional accessories for gun cleaning... lots of beer handy, a spit can near by but far enough out of the way so it doesn't get knocked over, and some kind of audio playing. (Downrange podcast and Guntalk podcast are 2 of my favorite things to listen to while cleaning.) Did I mention having beer handy. ;)
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Rastus, I know EXACTLY what you mean. When I took mine apart the first time it took me two and a half days to get it back together! I didnt want to "force" anything, and could only work at it for an hour or so at a time before wanting to use it to beat somebody to death with. Even though the owners manual (I read it probably 12 times before following it!) tells you to "hit it with a hammer" to get it apart! :o
My only experience is with the one MK I own. Dont know if others do it, but when I take mine apart I usually do find debri inside. Your guns may shoot cleaner, or you may be using cleaner ammo than me though!
It's one gun you want to make sure you shoot and clean at least every three weeks or so all year long. Once you learn all the tricks to get it back together (wrap your head with tin foil, point the gun in the air, pull the trigger, and bark at the moon 6 times while you push on the lever and pee your pants, I think it goes), YOU DONT WANT TO LET YOURSELF FORGET!!! ;)
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I'm all over the place. Self defense guns when new, I like to shoot til they puke, and let that be my guide as to when they should be cleaned, that was until I started shooting Glocks, They would'nt stop, but looked so bad, I had to clean them.
Any firearm I shoot corrosive ammo in, 7.62x39 or Milsurp .308, gets cleaned the same day and well.
Match guns, every other match, except for shotgun, maybe every 3 matches and precision guns, like my Model 41 smith, and my precision rifles, they get cleaned well after each session.
Hunting guns get cleaned at the end of season, and then sighted in again before the next hunt, and will not be cleaned until the hunt is over, unless something happens, like getting wet, or something got into the bore. Exception is the prairie dog rifle, it may get shot 250 times in a day, and at extreme ranges, so I keep the cleaning kit on the bench, and clean about every 20 shots, for accuracy, not longevity.
Pistols that I shoot lead bullets in about every 250 rounds, sometimes more depending on the bullet I'm using.
Ditto on the .17HMR, clean every time after shooting.
Being a smith, I have all the cool stuff for cleaning, I also am an automotive technician, I hate to work on my own cars, trucks, and I hate to clean my own guns. Working on them for improved performance, that is a different subject. ;)
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The .22s I clean quickly. The rest, well, let's just say I had to soak the barrel of a M1A for 3 weeks in Kroil to break up whatever crap got in there and blocked the gas port. I wish I could say I learned my lesson but . . . .
Not as bad as Ol' Dirty though - 15,000 rounds and no cleaning.
http://www.falfiles.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=68486 (http://www.falfiles.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=68486)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3pFWU54skA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3pFWU54skA)
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Ruger Mark I, II and III's are what boresnakes were made for.........
They're what speed strips are made for too. 22/45s too. http://www.majesticarms.com/id10.html
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I never thought they were that bad. I have 2 Mark II's and my grandfather's old Mark I and the only pain is the takedown and re-assembly. I always have to refer to the manual to remember which way I need to tip the gun for the latch to catch. I keep some of those rubber coated paper clips in my cleaning kit, for the takedown notch on the back of the grip. They are seriously some of the most fun guns to shoot, so they're worth it.
I'm with you Fuzdaddy. I have a stainless Mark II with the 6 7/8 inch barrel in my bug out bag. It's fun and cheap to shoot and more accurate than me. I also have to keep the manual handy for reassembly and I also have a rubber coated paper clip in my cleaning kit. Funny, same solution for breakdown. ;D I never wanted to spend the money for a takedown kit. You are right, it is worth the hassle but still a major PITA. At least it's one gun that I own where I always know where to locate the manual. ;D
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Hunting rifles and shotguns, when I get a chance. That might be the end of the day or when I got back home.
AR's and handguns, I run a boresnake at the end of day, good cleaning every 200 rounds.
Did you know a 45 Caliber bore snake gets really, really stuck in a 9mm pistol?
Did you know that you can't pull it through no matter how hard you try?
Did you know it a pain in the a$% to get it out once it's stuck good and tight?
I found all this out yesterday after an IDPA match.
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Hate to clean guns!!! BUT it was so ingrained in me when I was young to clean after use. My mentors taught me that you never know when you might REALLY need that weapon, and poor cleaning habits are a poor excuse for malfuntion.
So at the very least I will run a dry patch through the bore and wipe my weapon down with a silicone cloth, even if it wasn't fired.
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Hunting rifles and shotguns, when I get a chance. That might be the end of the day or when I got back home.
AR's and handguns, I run a boresnake at the end of day, good cleaning every 200 rounds.
Did you know a 45 Caliber bore snake gets really, really stuck in a 9mm pistol?
Did you know that you can't pull it through no matter how hard you try?
Did you know it a pain in the a$% to get it out once it's stuck good and tight?
I found all this out yesterday after an IDPA match.
Thanks for the heads up. I would not have thought that. At least you didn't try to clean it right before the match.
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Once you learn all the tricks to get it back together (wrap your head with tin foil, point the gun in the air, pull the trigger, and bark at the moon 6 times while you push on the lever and pee your pants, I think it goes), YOU DONT WANT TO LET YOURSELF FORGET!!! ;)
I'm impressed. You just quoted the directions word for word. You don't need no stinkin' manual. ;D
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If i dont clean them my babe will. ;D
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Ohhh brother............... ::)
I need to talk to your "babe".. ;D ;D ;D
She has it all wrong.......... ;)
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Ohhh brother............... ::)
I need to talk to your "babe".. ;D ;D ;D
She has it all wrong.......... ;)
he is in so cal... it might not even be a babe ;D
What I need is to make a deal with mine... I'll do all the gun cleaning, you do all the reloading. ;)
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We often use that as an option at the range. I shoot and she loads the mags and then we switch. Sometimes we play rock paper scissors to see who will clean what gun.
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We often use that as an option at the range. I shoot and she loads the mags and then we switch. Sometimes we play rock paper scissors to see who will clean what gun.
Next time do GUN. It beats ROCK, PAPER, and the SCISSORS. Little known fact about RoShamBo is they added the GUN to it without telling people. ;D